Name: Darlington Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-08-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers were steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder bulls were too few to trend. Feeder heifers were steady. Slaughter cows were mostly steady and slaughter bulls were too few to trend. There were light offerings of mostly average quality cattle with active buyer participation.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $123.53/cwt on 101 head.

Average price

$123.53

101 head · 517 lb average

Value per head Derived

$639

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$265

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small 3

$22.49/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.57

vs SC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	544	130.38	709	59
Medium and Large 2	501	117.00	587	26
Small 1-2	418	115.00	480	2thin
Medium and Large 3	496	108.09	536	6thin
Small 3	412	107.90	444	8thin

One grade step is worth $22.49/cwt here — about $265 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale101 hd

123.53

—

SC average5 barns · 544 hd

125.10

−1.57

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,361	88.65	1,206	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,198	75.00	899	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	940	61.22	575	14

Every lot, as filed

91 lots · USDA AMS · Low Country Livestock Exchange - Darlington, SC

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	790	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	980	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	333	133.89/cwt	127.50–140.00	446	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	250	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	328	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	335	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	476	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	583	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	770	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	225	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	293	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	663	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	815	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	443	132.50/cwt	130.00–135.00	587	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	496	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	665	6
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	450	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	495	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	285	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	428	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	200	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	400	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	421	138.04/cwt	137.00–140.00	581	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	873	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	873	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	600	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	792	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	317	138.34/cwt	135.00–140.00	439	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	685	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	754	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	725	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	885	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	970	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	873	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	134.74/cwt	134.00–136.00	707	4
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	385	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	462	1
Heifers	Small 3	—	378	108.29/cwt	100.00–117.50	409	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	460	123.30/cwt	120.00–130.00	567	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	479	134.13/cwt	130.00–140.00	642	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	426	121.20/cwt	117.50–125.00	516	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	200	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	260	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,060	87.50/cwt	87.50–87.50	928	1
Heifers	Small 3	—	575	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	575	1
Heifers	Small 3	—	460	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	529	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	337	122.84/cwt	115.00–131.00	414	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	725	87.50/cwt	87.50–87.50	634	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	505	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	682	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	570	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	983	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	430	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	742	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	240	141.28/cwt	140.00–142.50	339	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	640	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	704	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	333	147.52/cwt	145.00–150.00	491	2
Steers	Small 1-2	—	240	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	330	1
Steers	Small 3	—	350	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	441	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	350	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	438	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	167.65/cwt	165.00–170.00	625	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	728	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	500	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	785	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	318	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	541	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	270	164.11/cwt	160.00–170.00	443	3
Steers	Small 3	—	530	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	477	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	290	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	421	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	355	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	497	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	345	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	438	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	443	164.97/cwt	160.00–170.00	731	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	640	134.00/cwt	132.00–136.00	858	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	159.96/cwt	157.50–162.50	912	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	510	148.50/cwt	147.00–150.00	757	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	428	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	770	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	649	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	863	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	345	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	514	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	225	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	383	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	410	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	525	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	595	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	785	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	538	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	726	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	453	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	691	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	812	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	550	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	737	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	124.27/cwt	120.00–130.00	472	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	250	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	306	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	220	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	264	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	500	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	540	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	114.35/cwt	105.00–120.00	652	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	483	112.76/cwt	112.50–113.00	545	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	620	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	713	1
Heifers	Small 3	—	325	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	349	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	523	131.00/cwt	130.00–132.00	685	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	674	116.11/cwt	115.00–118.00	783	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	600	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	690	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	465	128.78/cwt	127.50–130.00	599	2
Heifers	Small 3	—	420	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	452	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Full	—	910	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	728	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	400	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	550	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	525	116.36/cwt	107.50–125.00	611	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	470	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	592	1
Bulls	Small 3	—	465	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	326	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	565	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	607	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	755	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	853	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	910	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	701	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	7,875	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	735	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	625	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,198	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	899	2
Bulls	—	—	1,453	91.80/cwt	89.00–96.00	1,334	3
Bulls	—	—	1,223	83.92/cwt	81.00–88.00	1,026	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	974	66.19/cwt	61.00–74.00	645	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	813	43.00/cwt	42.00–45.00	350	3

How this sale compares

South Carolina weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every South Carolina auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

South Carolina feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Low Country Livestock Exchange - Darlington, SC

Tue Aug 31, 2021

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Columbia, SC (LS-CO)

Feeder CattleReceipts 205Last week 289Year ago 191

Slaughter CattleReceipts 31Last week 58Year ago 50

Replacement CattleReceipts 3Last week 7Year ago 5

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	790	124.00	124.00
8	—	510	147.00–150.00	148.50
3	—	428	180.00	180.00
7	—	649	133.00	133.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	333	127.50–140.00	133.89
1	—	250	131.00	131.00
1	—	225	130.00	130.00
1	—	640	110.00	110.00
1	—	350	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	200	200.00	200.00
1	—	570	172.50	172.50
1	—	430	172.50	172.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	505	135.00	135.00
2	—	240	140.00–142.50	141.28
2	—	333	145.00–150.00	147.52
1	—	290	145.00	145.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	240	137.50	137.50
1	—	355	140.00	140.00
1	—	345	127.00	127.00
Steers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	350	126.00	126.00
1	—	530	90.00	90.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	373	165.00–170.00	167.65
1	—	485	150.00	150.00
1	—	500	157.00	157.00
2	—	318	170.00	170.00
3	—	270	160.00–170.00	164.11
2	—	443	160.00–170.00	164.97
2	—	640	132.00–136.00	134.00
2	—	570	157.50–162.50	159.96
1	—	225	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	345	149.00	149.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	335	142.00	142.00
4	—	583	132.00	132.00
9	—	663	123.00	123.00
6	—	443	130.00–135.00	132.50
6	—	496	134.00	134.00
4	—	600	132.00	132.00
6	—	725	122.00	122.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	450	110.00	110.00
1	—	385	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	285	150.00	150.00
4	—	421	137.00–140.00	138.04
3	—	317	135.00–140.00	138.34
1	—	970	90.00	90.00
4	—	525	134.00–136.00	134.74
7	—	479	130.00–140.00	134.13
1	—	1,060	87.50	87.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	873	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	685	110.00	110.00
3	—	460	120.00–130.00	123.30
5	—	426	117.50–125.00	121.20
1	—	200	130.00	130.00
3	—	337	115.00–131.00	122.84
4	—	380	120.00–130.00	124.27
1	—	250	122.50	122.50
3	—	570	105.00–120.00	114.35
1	—	620	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	378	100.00–117.50	108.29
1	—	575	100.00	100.00
1	—	460	115.00	115.00
1	—	325	107.50	107.50
1	—	420	107.50	107.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	725	87.50	87.50
1	—	220	120.00	120.00
1	—	500	108.00	108.00
2	—	483	112.50–113.00	112.76
1	—	565	107.50	107.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	910	80.00	80.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	410	128.00	128.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	595	132.00	132.00
2	—	538	135.00	135.00
2	—	453	152.50	152.50
1	—	620	131.00	131.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	550	134.00	134.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	523	130.00–132.00	131.00
5	—	674	115.00–118.00	116.11
1	—	600	115.00	115.00
2	—	465	127.50–130.00	128.78
1	—	400	137.50	137.50
1	—	755	113.00	113.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	525	107.50–125.00	116.36
1	—	470	126.00	126.00
Bulls — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	70.00	70.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	910	77.00	77.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	735	85.00	85.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,050	750.00	750.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,198	75.00	75.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	974	61.00–74.00	66.19
3	—	813	42.00–45.00	43.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,453	89.00–96.00	91.80
2	—	1,223	81.00–88.00	83.92

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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Darlington Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Low Country Livestock Exchange - Darlington, SC

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

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